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A touchy topic. It seems to be handled OK, but there is some bias evident in the article.
- In the latest Palestinian intifada (2000- ) the Palestinians destroyed the local Jewish holy sites (serveral times) and sent out dozens of suicide and "regular" terrorists out of Nablus into Israel. The deaths of many Israeli civilians resulted. Israel responded in March 2002 by invading the city and arresting many of its residents who were involved in terror. Israeli incursions back into Nablus and Palestinian terror attacks continue as of May 2003.
It mentions palestinian attacks, but only makes reference to Israeli arrests and incursions. I think it should also reference other military procedures conducted in Nablus, in order to maintain its neutrality. What are other people's thoughts about this? I'm reluctant to do anything, because it may bring more bias into the article. Some help here would nice. Thanks in advance! Aggelophoros 07:32, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- It is dreadful. Suggest some changes but expect a fight. --Zero 08:10, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Replaced the words "terrorist" (etc.) with militant and paramilitary, since in my view use of the word "terrorist" for paramilitary groups resisting foreign occupation (lawful under Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions and various UN resolutions) is pro-Israeli bias. I did mention tht the Al-Aqsa Matyrs Brigades--as well as attacking occupying israeli soldiers--also suicide bombs Israeli civilians, attacks which are war crimes, terrorist murders by any definition and cannot be justified. KingAl86 2004-06-27 12:05 UTC
Johnjoe wants to revert
How do you revert?
The last edits by Uriber are disgusting and should be removed.
- It looks to me like Uriber just restored information that was deleted by anonymous editors.
Major NPOV issues with this article
This article contains heavy POV and needs to be re-written or substantially revised. To the extent that Nablus is the site of violent conflict, NPOV requires that the reporting of events is at least somewhat in proportion to the frequency and magnitude of those events, to give a more neutral and accurate portrayal of the subject matter. As written, this article is extremely selective in what is reported (Palestinian violence against Israelis is the primary focus despite higher numbers of Palestinian deaths, injuries, home demolitions, etc. as a result of Israeli actions), there are glaring omissions (Israeli military and settler violence against Palestinian civilians is generally ignored), Nablus and its 300,000 residents are collectively characterized with negative generalizations, and pejorative terms about Nablus, its residents, and Palestinians in general, are woven throughout the discussion.
- Well, additional information would be helpful. It's best to put information from both POVs in, rather than just having one, or deleting one and putting in another. Jayjg | (Talk) 22:19, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
An anon keeps editing the article and I keep reverting because he or she is deleting half the content. But at the same time, he or she does seem to be making an effort to NPOV the content, so I don't know. Everyking 12:28, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Nablus is the site of An-Najah National University. the largest Palestinian university. There are three large Arab settlements just outside the city, which were built for the Palestinian refugees of 1948, who have never been integrated into Palestinian life. These settlements are Ein Beit el Ma, Balatah and Asquar Al Quadim and Askar Al Jadid. They have more than 30,000 inhabitants.
well , refugee camps --> Arab settlements , is this a make up for "refugee camp"? and what is ment by "never been integrated into palestinian life"? --Mayz 22:28, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
With the Arab conquest in 636, the city was renamed as rendered in Arabic Nablus
Arab conquest VS Islamic conquest , it should be called islamic conquest since the kingdom or khalifa thing or what ever u want to call was called the whatever islamic thing , not the whatever arabic thing nor the whatever arab islamic thing .--Mayz 22:40, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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